mar 1, 1919 - Rowlatt Act Mar 1919

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Central Legislature introduced two bills that gave the police the authority to search a place without a search warrant and to arrest anyone without trial for 2 years on the grounds of suspicion of terrorism.

These bills came to be known as Black Bills.'

The act was passed successfully despite the unanimous opposition from the Indian members of the council. All of these members resigned in protest. These included Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Madan Mohan Malviya, and Mazhar Ul Haq.

A nationwide hartal was called by Gandhiji on the 6th of April 1919 in protest of the law. This came to be known as the Rowlatt Satyagraha.

Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew, two popular Congress leaders, were arrested under the Rowlatt Act's provisions.
This protest for progressively intense when the act came into effect. This resulted in the army being called to Punjab to handle the situation.

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